Suit-hanger



(No Model.)

MFA. GATES SUIT HANGER.

,814. Patented Mar. 24,1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn MARCUS A. GATES, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

SUIT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,814, dated March24, 1896.

Application filed August 23, 1894. Serial No. 521,128. (No modeL) To aZZwhom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, MARCUS A. GATES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Suit-Hanger, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class ofgarment-supporters which are designed to hold the clothes or garments inextended position, so that they will retain their shape, and itparticularly consists in a device for supporting trousers, theconstruction of which will be fully described hereinafter, and finallyembodied in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure This a front elevation of my invention, showingit in the act of supporting a suit of mens clothes; Fig. 2, an enlargedperspective of the supporter, showing it unemployed; Fig. 3, aperspective view of the trousers weight and securer; Fig. 4, an endelevation of a portion of the hanger, showing the construction forprojecting the suit away from the wall against which it may be hung.

The device is formed of steel or other wire in three sections, A, B, andO. The main section A is bent at its middle to form the supporting-loop1 by which the supporter is suspended. Immediately below the loop 1 thewire is twisted at 2 and then looped on each side to form the arms 3,which extend out laterally and oppositely and which are provided to forma support for the coat and vest of the suit supported bymy device. Belowthe arms 3 the wire A is again twisted and thence formed with straightportions 4:, two in number, and proceeding oppositely from each other,their ends terminating in downwardlyextending portions 5. Thesedownwardly-extending port-ions 5 comprise the ends of the wire A, andare provided at their extremities with the eyes 6, which projectlaterally beyond the vertical line of the portions 5 and in the samedirection.

Formed in the section A, just below the loop 1, is a forwardlydisposedcurve 26, which extends to a point nearly commensurate with the frontend of the arm 8, of subsequent mention, and which operates to throw theloop 1 rearwardlyof the remaining portion. The

7 more vfully described hereinafter.

purpose of this construction will be hereiir after set forth.

The wire B is shorter than the wire A, and has its middle formed with aloop 7, which serves as an enlargement or head in the operation of theclamping device, as will be Adjacent to the loop 7the wire B is coiledat 8, and this coiled portion is extended diagonally downwardly andtoward the perpendicularlycoiled portion of the wire A, and has itslower end formed into the straight horizontal portions 9, which are twoin number, and which ext-end parallel with and just below the straightportions 4 of the wire A, their ends terminating at points slightlybeyond the corresponding ends of the straight portions 4.

The extremities of the parts 9 are formed with the downwardly-extendiiigportions 10,

which are in turn parallel with the portions 5 and formed with theinwardly-projecting eyes 11, which pass through the eyes 6, and wherebythe wire B is pivotally connected to the Wire A. Thus it will be seenthat the horizontal portions A and 9 and the vertical portions 5 and 10form a pair of U-shaped jaws or clamps between which the upper portionsof the trousers are to be secured, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Owing to the pivotal connection effected by the eyes 6 and 11, thesection or wire B will be capable of easily swinging on the section orwire A in clamping or releasing the trousers. The wire or section 0 ispreferably of a smaller gage than the wires A and B and is bent orelongated to form a link for holding the coiled portion 8 of the wire Bin position. This is effected by joining the ends of the wire 0, as at12, and by forming one end of the link with an eye 13, adapted toembrace the coiled portion 2 of the wire A at the curve 26, while theremaining end of the link is formed with an eye 14, capable of andadapted to embrace the loop or enlargement 7 of the wire B, and the loopor enlargement 7, when engaged bythe link G, forms a supporting-hook fora cane, umbrella, or the like. By these means the wire B may be clampedagainst the wire A and with suilicientforce to securely hold thetrousers in place.

The wire or section B is formed with a spring tendency which will enableit to be yieldingly yet strongly clamped against the section A, thusholding the trousers with more effect than would be the case if therewere no resiliency in the wire. 7 r

In the use of the invention the device is suspended from the loop 1by'enga'ging 1t with any suitable hook or projection and so 7 position,the curve .26 will make it possible the'seotion B may be returned andclamped. V against-its companionby the operation of the 7 link orsection (1, all of which will be'underproper position for the collar ofthe coat, at the rear thereof, to lie well forward and retain its usualand \Vere' it not for this construction the collar would be forced back,and, together with the whole of the coat. thrown out "of shape; but byits means this evil is avoided and the coat, its collar inparticular,kept ingood shape. By placing the loop 1 slightly rearward of theremainder of the de: vice the garments are held away from the surfaceuponwhich the supporter is hung and crowding at the rear prevented."

To secure the trousers the section 0 should I be raised so as 'todisengage its eye let and the enlargement 7'. Thiswill permit'thesection 0 to swingaway from the section A and allow the'insertion of theupper portion of the trousers between the two parts, whereupon stood.

It will be obvious that the primary purpose of my invention is tosupport in an orderly manner suits of mens clothing. It will beobserved, however, that it is possible to support other clothes, all ofwhich will readily suggest itself to persons skilled in the art, anddoes not require further mention. It will be further observed that theinvention is capable of undergoing various changes in the size,proportion, and arrangement of parts without departing from thesubstance thereof. Therefore I do not limit myself to the preciseconstruction here shown and described, but consider myself entitled toall such variations as come within the spirit and scope of my invention.

In Figs. 1 and 3 I have shown a device for use in connection with thetrousers-supporting portion of my invention, and this consists of twowire sections and 16. The section 15 consists of a straight portion 17,having the bent ends 18 formed with loops 19, which receivecorresponding loops 20 on the section 16, which are formed at the endsof the arms 21 of such section. The arms 21 are formed by bending theends of the straight portion 22, which has at its middle the twistedpart 23, similar to the twisted portion 8 of the trousers-supporter. Thesection 15 is formed with an arm at its middle, which is provided withan eye 24, above which the link.

25 is pivotally connected. The link 25 is similar to the link 0 of thetrousers-supporter.

and is adapted to be connected with the arm 23' of the section 16. Bythese means the lower ends of the pantaloons may be secured or weighted,and'by hooking the loop 2i to any suitable retaining device they maybestretched. plication of the trousers-supporting portion of. theinvention and may or may notbe used in conjunction therewith. r

This device is essentially a du-' Having thus described the invention,'1 7 claim-- a 1. In a device of the class described, the

trousers clamp consisting 'of a pair of U-@ shaped jaws, each made of asingle lengthor' at an intermediate point with twisted shanks.

the twisted shank of one jaw being disposed wire and pivotally connectedtogether at their opposite extremities, said jaws bein gprovided at anangle to the shank of the other jaw and 7 provided with a loop-head, oneof said jaws being also wider than the other jaw to dispose thehorizontal portions of the jaws in parallel length of wire andessentially comprising .1,

vertically-disposed shank portion having supports for the clothing, acurved or bent portion disposedabo'vethe supports to form a pocket forthe. reception of the collar of the coat, and a supporting-loop extendedabove said curved or bent portion and disposed out of alignment with andin a plane parallel to the main portion of the shank to hold theclothing supported by the hanger off from the wall or other object towhich the hanger is attached, substantially as set forth.

3. A suit -hanger consisting of a single length of wire twisted uponitself -to form It vertically-disposed twisted shank, provided at itslower end with a clamp for trousers, a pair of oppositely-extending coatand vest supporting arms above said clamp, a curved or bent portion 26,disposed directly above the coat and vest supporting arms, to form apocket for the reception of the collar of the coat, and asupporting-loop extended above said curved or bent portion and disposedout of alignment with and in a plane parallel to the main portion of thetwisted shank, substantially as set forth.

4:. A suit-hanger consisting essentially of a single length of wiretwisted to form a vertically-disposed twisted shank provided at itslower end with a trousers-clamp, the movable member of which clamp isprovided with an offstanding shank portion having a loophead, saidvertically-disposed twisted shank being further provided at anintermediate point with apair of oppositely-extending coat and vestsupporting arms, and a supportingloop formed above said arm, and aconnect- :ing-link pivotally connected at one end to In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as the twisted shank above the coat and vest my oWnIhave hereto afiixed my signature in supporting arms and adapted todetachably the presence of two Witnesses.

engage over the loop-head of said offstanding MARCUS A. GATES. shankportion of the clamp member, and Witnesses:

forming therewith a supporting-hook for a E. G. GERHARD,

cane or the like, substantially as set forth. WILLIAM RYAN.

